Flowers in a wicker basket with a glass vase on a ledge
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Price Realised GBP 4,375
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GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000
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Closed: 8 Dec 2021
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JACQUES-CHARLES DUTILLIEU (PARIS 1718-1782 LYON)
Flowers in a wicker basket with a glass vase on a ledge
Dutillieu, though not now a household name, was a key figure in the silk-manufacturing industry in Lyon in the eighteenth century. On moving to the city in the mid-1730s, his reputation as a decorative painter and his Parisian origins were seen as crucial assets in a town which looked to Paris for clients and therefore valued any reports on the taste of its inhabitants. Unusually for a designer, Dutillieu was also accepted as a master-weaver in 1747. His insights into silk production were recorded in his Livre de Raison, four notebooks that were saved by his family and eventually published in 1886.
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The canvas has been subject to relining; it is held under tension and remains stable. The painting presents well in natural light, with the crispness of execution well preserved. There has been some slight thinning to the upper paint layers due to the relining process. Examination under UV light reveals some scattered retouching, notably to the darker passages in the flowers at upper right and upper centre, and some further minor scattered retouchings. There is a cloudy varnish that precludes a more in depth examination. The paint remains stable.
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Flowers in a wicker basket with a glass vase on a ledgeJACQUES-CHARLES DUTILLIEU (PARIS 1718-1782 LYON)Estimate: GBP 5,000 - 8,000
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